Improving Well-Being After TBI Through Structured Volunteer Activity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 74
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline on Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS)at post-intervention and follow up points.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this project is to determine if participating in volunteer activity improves the psychological well-being of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Has sustained a documented TBI that required inpatient rehabilitation;
- •is at least one year post TBI;
- •is age 18 or older;
- •is able to commit to completing the entire three month volunteer placement;
- •is English or Spanish speaking;
- •receives written medical release from a physician to participate in this intervention;
- •is rated a level 1-2 on the Supervision Rating Scale (functionally independent during the day);
- •provides informed consent to participate
排除标准
- •Is employed or engaged in regularly scheduled volunteer work outside of the intervention;
- •obtains a score of 25 or above on the SWLS, which is 0.5 SD above the TBIMS NDB mean;
- •unable to travel to assessments and placement; even with study transportation assistance;
- •has been convicted of a felony, which would prohibit volunteer placement;
- •unable to communicate effectively to complete standardized assessments;
- •has cognitive impairment that precludes completion of baseline testing;
研究组 & 干预措施
Treatment
Participants in this arm will participate in a novel structured volunteering intervention called HOPE - Helping Others through Purpose and Engagement. This intervention involves orientation, training, volunteer placement assistance, and problem solving and support.
干预措施: HOPE - Helping Others through Purpose and Engagement (Behavioral)
Control
Participants who are randomized to the control arm will be offered the HOPE intervention at the conclusion of study.
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline on Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS)at post-intervention and follow up points.
时间窗: Baseline, post-intervention, 3 mos f/u, 6 mos f/u
A five-item, self-rated scale of global life satisfaction. Items are rated on 1-7 point Likert scale.
次要结局
- Change from baseline on Flourishing Scale at post-intervention, and at follow-up points.(Baseline, post-intervetion, 3mos f/u, 6mos f/u)
- Change from baseline on Brief Symptom Inventory-18(BSI-18)at post-intervention and at follow-up points.(Baseline, post-intervention, 3mos f/u, 6mos f/u)
- Change from baseline on Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE)at post intervention and at follow-up points.(Baseline, post-intervention, 3mos f/u, 6mos f/u)
- Change from baseline on Purpose in Life subscale of RyffScale of Psychological Well-Being at post-intervention and at follow-up points.(Baseline, post-intervention, 3mos f/u, 6mos f/u)